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Truck Mascots: The Batman
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My Childhood Captured on a Single Page
Regular readers of the site are probably aware of the fantastic illustrative work of Tina Garceau. If not, you can head over to this page for a heaping helping of her incredible work. I’ll wait. Are you back? Good! As … Continue reading
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Posted in Blast from the Past, Collage, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged 1968, 1969, Captain Lazer, catalog, Christmas, collage, John Plain, space, Tina Garceau, toy
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Boxerbear at 4th and Bainbridge
Here’s another fine example of the urban phenomena I call Truck Mascots. This fellow was adorning a commercial garbage truck making a pickup around 4th and Bainbridge.
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Tagged garbage, PA, Philadelphia, refuse, toy, trash, trash truck, truck mascot, urban phenomena
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Your Very Own Vampire Bat
He’s BIG! He’s FEARSOME! But best of all — he’s fun?
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1980, blood, comic, Marvel, Mattel, Thor, toy, vampire, vampire bat
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It Came From the Save-A-Lot
Here’s another example of that urban phenomena known as Truck Mascots. Truck Mascots are usually discarded toys or stuffed animals that truckers rescue from a sad and sorry fate in a landfill and lash them to the grill of their … Continue reading
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Posted in Truck Mascots
Tagged humor, monster, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, toy, truck, truck mascot, Washington Avenue
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The Scrapmobile
At the parking lot on 13th Street and Washington Avenue.
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Posted in Truck Mascots
Tagged Ford, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Scrapman, Tigger, toy, truck mascot
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Bond, James Bond
I was shopping in my neighborhood on Saturday morning when I came upon a man selling second hand items at a table. Baseball cards in foil packets, DVDs, cookie tins – nothing I was particularly interested in. However, at … Continue reading
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Posted in Blast from the Past, Trash or Treasure
Tagged 007, 1960s, 1966, Connecticut, espionage, Gentleman Spy, Gilbert Toys, Goldfinger, Ian Fleming, James Bond hand puppet, Made In America, Scottish, Sean Connery, spy, toy, vintage
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